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Eliot Engel: “It's based upon, in my view, just a failure to understand what we do and the value of what we do.”

On the recordJune 13, 2018
It's based upon, in my view, just a failure to understand what we do and the value of what we do.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel emphasizes the misunderstanding of the importance of democracy funding.

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